Liberating or debilitating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net
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Monica T Whitty discusses the pros and cons of online dating in her article “Liberating or deliberating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net” in Computers in human Behavior. It points out some weaknesses and strengths of online dating which are very good to have in mind while implementing the AI Dating application. The following is the abstract:
Ever since the beginnings of the internet researchers have questioned its utility in developing and maintaining psychological healthy romantic and sexual relations. Advocates of the social presence theory and media richness theory purport that in leaner media individuals can be quite aggressive towards one another (e.g., in the form of flaming). In contrast, others believe that the lack of traditional cues in CMC can in fact be overcome and instead lead to more personal, intimate relationships.
As this paper will demonstrate, when we consider how beneficial it is to form relationships
online we also need to consider individuals’ characteristics (e.g., personality characteristics and physical attractiveness), the amount of time people spend online, the duration of online relationships, and how these relationships effect individuals’ offline activities and relationships. Overall, the view here is that online relationships can be empowering for many people; that is, cyberspace provides a unique environment for people to experience and learn about relationships and sexuality. (source: Computers in Human Behavior 24 2008)
October 27th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
To my mind, dating is simply a numbers game. You probably need to meet 100 frogs before you meet your prince and, to that end, internet dating provides a tool to do that easily. There’s no complex analysis required, it just allows you to meet (or, at least, contact) more people with less effort than conventional means, such as going to bars or clubs.
February 1st, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Funny that you mentioned EHarmony, it got a very low score at DatingOpinions.org